Mowing-machine.



O. SALLER.

MOWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30, 1914.

Patented June 30, 1914.

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I 0. SALLER. MOWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30, 1914.

Patented June 30, 1914. 2 BHBETS-SHEET 2.

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MOWING-MACI-IINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 3d, 1914:.

Application filed January 30, 1914. Serial No. 815,457.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Orr SALLI JR, a subjectof the King of Hungary, residing at Derby, in the county of New Havenand tate of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Mowing- Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in mowingmachines and relates more especially to that class of such devices knownas central cut mowers.

An object of the present device is the provision of a mower in which thecutting operation is performed through a cam actuated cutter barimpelled by the raction wheels of a mower. I

A further object is to provide such a mower which will cut the wheat,grain, grass or the like in the direct line of travel of the mower andwhich during its operative movement affords a means whereby the cutgrain is equally separated and spread upon the ground at each oppositeside of the mower.

While the present invention is now illustrated in connection with amower especially adapted to be pushed forward manually by the operatorin the cutting of wheat and grain, it is obvious that the invention alsocontemplates its employment with animal and motor propelled mowers forthe cutting of all kinds of growing vegetation. lVith these generalobjects in view and others that will appear as the nature of theinvention is better understood, the same consists in the novelcombination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appendedclaim.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which likedesignating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout theseveral views :-Figure 1 is a plan view of the device with theseparating cover shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a vertical.longitudinal sectional view taken upon line 22 of Fig. 1. lFig. 3 is avertical transverse sectional view of the mower cover and by which thecut grain is separated, and Fig. 4: is a perspective view of said coverdetached from the mower.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, it will be noted that theframe of the mower consists of two side bars 10 having upwardly curvedrear extensions 11 terminating in, handles 12 for grasping by theoperator in pushing the mower forward in the cutting operation. Theforward ends of the side bars 10 are provided with horizontal. seats 13across which is mounted and secured the stationary guard bar 14:provided with a plurality of teeth 15 each having its individual guard16 of the usual construction found in mowing machines. A cutter bar 17of the same length as the guard bar is flatly positioned upon the latterfor longitudinal reciprocation being provided with forwardly extendingknives 18 cotiperating for cutting with the teeth 15 at each relativemovement of the bars.

The mower frame is preferably mounted upon four wheels 19, the rear pairof which are rigid with the rear axle 20. Complemental cam blocks 21 and22 spaced apart with their adjacent faces in parallelism are rigidlysecured to turn with said rear axle by means of set screws 23. A crossbar 24: connecting the frame bars 10 at a point intermediate of thefront and rear axle is provided with a longitudinally extending lever 25pivoted thereto midway of its length by the bolt 26. Said lever has itsforward end provided with a slot 27 engaging over a pin 28 upwardlyextending from the cutter bar 17. The rear end of the said lever 25 isprovided with a roller 29 mounted on the under surface thereof andpositioned to engage within the opening or slotbetween the cam blocks 21and 22.

It is desirable that the guard bar 1e be provided with upwardlyextending headed studs 30 which are received by slots 31 formed throughthe cutter bar 17. The cutting operation will be apparent from the abovedescription, it being noted that a pushing of the mower forward by meansof the handles 12 causes the rear traction wheels 19 to turn, thusrevolving the axle 20 and the cam blocks, which latter causes the lever25 to be laterally reciprocated to impart through its forward end alongitudinal movement to the cutter bar 17 thereby insuring the cuttingof the grain by the knives continuously of the forward progress of themower.

A combined cover and grain dividing de vice 32 is provided constructed.of the form shown in Fig. 1- being broadly of a gable roof formationwith the sides 33 and 34: joined at the ridge 35, the cover structurebeing mounted upon the side bars 10 by means of suitable brackets 36.This over entirely incloses the top portions of all of the mower wheelsthereby preventing the wheels as well as the operating mechanism frombeing aifected or clogged by the cut grain. The said cover is providedwith a forward pointed portion 37 having a central oblique rib 38 inalinement with the cover ridge 35 with rearwardly sloping sections 39and 40, whereby the grain upon being out falls against the pointedforward portion of the cover after the manner of a locomotivecow-catcher, thus parting and separating the grain in equal proportionsand throwing the grain to opposite sides of the mower to lie inwind-rows formed by each passing of the mower.

While the forms of the invention herein shown and described are what arebelieved to be preferable embodiments thereof, it is nevertheless to beunderstood that minor changesmay be made in form, proportion or detailsof construction without departing from the spirit and scope of theinventio as set forth in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention and in what manner the same isdesigned for use, what I claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent of the United States is A mower comprising a frame, tractionwheels upon said frame, cutting meansforwardly' positioned upon saidframe, an in. verted V-shaped cover having a longitudlnal top" ridge andmounted upon said frame over and covering a portion of all of saidwheels and having an open rear end, a V- shaped front portion upon saidcover comprising rearwardly sloping side portions, an

oblique ridge at the merging of said side portions positioned in theplane of the longitudinal axis of the cover and angularly extending fromthe forward termination of said top rib.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

orro SALLER. Witnesses: I

CHARLES E. SUsADIoK,

LEWIS SUSADIC-K.,

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